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Baldwinsville in Onondaga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Battery B

 
 
Battery B Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 8, 2024
1. Battery B Marker
Inscription. First N.Y. Light Artillery drilled near this point under their organizer, Capt. Rufus D. Pettit, in the summer of 1861.
 
Erected 1938 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.
 
Location. 43° 8.416′ N, 76° 16.412′ W. Marker is in Baldwinsville, New York, in Onondaga County. It is at the intersection of Cold Springs Road (New York State Route 370) and Doyle Road, on the right when traveling west on Cold Springs Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3435 Cold Springs Road, Baldwinsville NY 13027, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland,
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and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Willett Tract (approx. 1.9 miles away); Onondaga Lake Milestones (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Resort Era (approx. 2.2 miles away); Pioneer Cemetery (approx. 2.3 miles away); World War II (approx. 2.4 miles away); On This Hill (approx. 2.6 miles away); Nathan Teall (approx. 2.8 miles away); New York State Barge Canal Lock 24 (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baldwinsville.
 
Battery B Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 8, 2024
2. Battery B Marker
Battery B Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 8, 2024
3. Battery B Marker
Battery B Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 8, 2024
4. Battery B Marker
House across the road from the marker.
Battery B Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 8, 2024
5. Battery B Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 381 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 8, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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